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Originally Posted by dauls
shadows, losing to the Hurricanes has to be the most depressing thing the 2009/10 NHL can serve up.
I didn't get to see the Devils-Rangers game tonight, ESPN-UK showed an NCAA Basketball double-bill. 
 96 shots in a scorless game. Can't have been a boring game. When the goalies are on form what can you do?
And to think Brodeur conceded 3 out of 7 before the lights failed against Tampa on Friday. 51 saves and blocking 4 rounds in the shootout. What a way to earn shutout #107.
It had to be Patrik Elias scoring the only goal. 
Henrik Lundqvist also bags a shutout and still loses, crazy.
It deserved to be a draw, at least the Rangers get a point for the SO loss, imagine if the NHL changed the rules and OT/SO losses got zero points.
What if it had been a post season game?
How many periods of OT would this one have lasted? |
I think, with the large amounts of shots-faced, that it probably would have ended during the first overtime(since they are actually full periods then). But you never know. Refs tend to "put their whistles in their pockets" from the third period on during the playoffs(unless it is something so obvious it HAS to get called), so who knows how long it would go? Goalies(at least the elite ones) seem to thrive when facing more shots(goalies tend to let in a soft goal when the majority of the action is in the other end) than when they face very few. It would be a good game to see, just to see how long it would go.
If Buttman ever said that overtime/shootouts meant nothing then there would be a lot of pissed off players. Going that long and you get nothing?
The game was the best scenario for me(for my pool). Lundqvist got 5 points for the shutout(he would have gotten 7 if he won as well), but the Rangers did not win(since the Rangers are at least close enough for the Leafs to catch if they ever decide to wake up).
The Leafs need a coaching change. Wilson is not the man for the job.